OS Image Buildfiles Parent topic: OS Image Buildfiles

Including files in the image

When it looks for files to include in the OS image it is building, mkifs searches paths in a preferred order. These paths can be based on the MKIFS_PATH or other environment variables.

mkifs search paths

By default, mkifs searches for components in the path set in MKIFS_PATH. If MKIFS_PATH is not set, mkifs searches for components in:

  1. The current working directory, if the component's filename contains a slash but doesn't start with one.
  2. The directories listed below, which are based on the QNX_TARGET and PROCESSOR environment variables (this latter variable is set by a buildfile attribute; for details, see “Specifying the board architecture”):
    Binaries (esh, ls, etc.)
    ${QNX_TARGET}/${PROCESSOR}/bin
    ${QNX_TARGET}/${PROCESSOR}/usr/bin
    ${QNX_TARGET}/${PROCESSOR}/sbin
    ${QNX_TARGET}/${PROCESSOR}/usr/sbin
    OSs (procnto*, etc.)
    ${QNX_TARGET}/${PROCESSOR}/boot/sys
    Libraries and shared objects
    ${QNX_TARGET}/${PROCESSOR}/lib
    ${QNX_TARGET}/${PROCESSOR}/usr/lib
    Shared objects
    ${QNX_TARGET}/${PROCESSOR}/lib/dll
Parent topic: OS Image Buildfiles